Congratulations go to the Meiji rugger side on completing their Christmas engagements. in Shanghai without losing any game, Their three-quarter work was exceptionally. good and the general spirit of their playfully maintained the high Slandards "previously shown There, Ina. sense Marines deserve specie!
proval for making" such a good against the all-conquering Japanese, for the American side was admittedly composed of men comparatively new to rugger. That tone of the handicaps alway, affecting service team and, in the light of the very fine performances of Marine Afteens in the past, the newcomers have every reason to be encouraged, Shangha's luck was not too good. A.D. Tarr,. of whom: great "things. Were expected, could not play owing to influenza. A team" which loses tone of its "stars" on the eve of an Important future has reason to complain of fortune: "Both mstehex on wistmas Day "and Sunday were closely contested, the Japanese wine ing In each almost on the sound of the "no side" whistle, Shanghai were far from being disgraced. If distinctions have to be drawn, the Japanese won on their merits as the better side, chiefly owing to. their superior combination and, perhaps, greater sitness, " Not that Shanghai one of the youngest teams ever placed in the field here—were out of tai ing: on the contrary. the Club has been fortunate. in securing. loyal observance of the requisite rules for preserving wind and. pace, but. the opportunities for keeping keyed. to top form are far more aecessibl {to university students than to youn men engaged in the prosaic occupa-Von of earning: their living.
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